If I Could Be Just One More Thing

If I could be just one more thing,
I'd like to be a dog.
With deep brown eyes and speckled paws,
with feathers in my tail.
I'd like to sniff the morning breeze and know who's passing by
I'd like to dig a hole for fun and feel the moist dark earth behind me fly
I'd like to be a dog,
and know a gentle hand upon my head
A hand that cares and keeps me close at night in bed.
I'd like to run and wag my tail to greet so many things.
And sniff another dog to see
if he is me or me is he.
I'd like to be a dog who sits outside and suns.
Who naps away the day and gobbles down my food.
I'd like that once or maybe twice,
but someday if I do,
I promise, friend,
we'll see the end
to hate and humans' cruel.



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